# Ghateshwar Village, Mandirbazar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mandirbazar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ghateshwar

Ghateshwar is a village in Mandirbazar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,430 people in 528 households**, the 26th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 2,430people (2011)
- 528households
- 80.3%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghateshwar

Of every 100 households in Ghateshwar in 2011, 70 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghateshwar · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**58%

Tap water ****26%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**94%

Use banking services ****40%**

**28%

Television ****33%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**44%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ghateshwar?

■ Ghateshwar · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****791**

**960

Working population ****41.9%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 74.2% for women. 54% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (7%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 530 (52%) · **■** Marginal 400 (39%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Mandirbazar

- Brindabanpur2,865 people
- Chaugharia2,596 people
- Bademaheshpur2,565 people
- Madhusudanpur2,446 people
- Sutabecha2,342 people
- Bidyadharpur2,273 people
- Gobindabati2,252 people
- Madhabpur2,189 people

[All 110 villages in Mandirbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mandirbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghateshwar?2,430 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghateshwar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mandirbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghateshwar?80.3% (Census 2011)